One of my guilty pleasures in life is watching Disney films. When the new offering Moana was released recently, I enjoyed whiling away a rainy Sunday afternoon watching the adventures of characters who lived far, far away and many centuries… Read more

During my latest bimble along Hadrian’s Wall, I inevitably ended up at one of my favourite Roman sites, the Mithraic temple site at Carrawburgh. The Roman name of the nearby fort site was Brocolitia. This was probably based on the… Read more